jpdb beta

false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended

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elegance; taste; refinement

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to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well

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to pull in (fish); to land

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last (year); yesterday

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large store

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wildcat (European wildcat, Iriomote cat, Tsushima cat, etc.); wild cat; stray cat

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to jabber; to chatter; to chat with

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fast pace; quick pace

1

375 grams (100 monme)

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thirty; 30

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peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade

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dead of night (when even the trees and plants sleep)

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demon; monster; apparition

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to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

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to cry softly; to sob; to weep

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dead of night; middle of the night; midnight; third quarter of the hour of the ox (2-2:30am, or 3-3:30am)

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to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of

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embossing a pattern; repoussé; drum signaling the end of a performance; serve (e.g. in tennis); drive (in golf); printout

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rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil; (arch.) cordoning off; (arch.) cordoning-off sign

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gloomy; dismal; miserable; spirit of yin

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to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)

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night work

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threat

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no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen

1

suddenly (appear, stick out); abruptly; (stand) still and expressionless; imposingly; suddenly (stand up)

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dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)

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to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on

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legend; tradition

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carelessly; inattentively

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to listen to in an ecstasy

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hot

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gallant; dashing; jaunty

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bright; beaming; brilliant; glittering

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certainly; really; truly; possibly; maybe; perhaps

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darkroom

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gloomy and depressing; mournful

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penetrating cold

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to blow out (a flame)

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simmer; bubble out; flow out

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fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault

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baby spider

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to look upwards; to look up

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to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward

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one edge; one end; one side

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clever; shrewd; canny; smart; quick; prompt

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recently; lately; these days

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who?

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agreement; rules; code; protocol; convention; bylaw

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unexpected meeting; coincidence

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